Mesa Boogie GAS

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:48 pm

Not a bad little set up. Those closed back cabs sound great. A lot lighter to carry around than that twin.

angry_young_poet · Post by **angry_young_poet** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:50 pm

weren't you selling that a while back? good thing you held on to it.

philip didn't you have one of those as well?

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:20 am

I was selling the twin. Ended up keeping it. They are a great amp. Just bloody heavy.
I think its going in for a reco and service.

I think Philip had a Mk4 mesa with ext cab.

Post by Bg » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:21 am

hmmm, expensive bloody door stop

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:02 am

goldtop0 wrote:Okay on Voodoo Chile and Sunshine Of Your Love..........anything else forget it.I'm not a fan of wah as I'm also not a fan of saturated fuzz or overdrive...........I like to hear the sound of the gat thru the amp.

Heresy - what about White Room, Swlbr, let it rain (original version) etc.

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:20 am

bluesgeek wrote:hmmm, expensive bloody door stop

Na, it will go in the hall of fame at home. Just need a marshall next.

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:17 pm

My problem with wah is that almost no-one other than Jimi has ever really used it all that well, imo. Most people just rock the pedal back and forth with the beat, and I really don't think it does anything for the music when used like that. Jimi used it much more expressively, but I've not heard anyone else manage to use it in quite that way. (So no wah wah for me ... except that I'll need one to go chikka chikka chikka for funky jazz-porn stuff

- but no wah wah-ed leads

)

Post by Bg » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:43 pm

yep it can be beautiful when used to 'sing' the line. Otherwise the most needlessly overused effect of all time... and as for autowah ARRRGGGGHHHH

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:53 pm

The Dynamic filter Pedal is a fine piece of subtle phrasing that is missing form today rock landscape.

philipnz · Post by **philipnz** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:24 pm

Found this on a Weezer site

While on weezers northern California "tour" in August '92, Rivers bought a curious Mesa Boogie amplifier (pictured inside the 'blue' album cover on the left side) at the Berkely Guitar Center. I have never ever seen an amp exactly like this one since. It was a very early issue Mesa Boogie, from approximately 1977 or 1978, and its face plate said "Mesa Engineering", which predates the addition of "Boogie" to Mesa-Boogies name. It was a 60-watt head which apparently didnt even have a model number (I remember looking for one several times). It sounded incredible, and its real bonus was still sounding rich and thick even at low volume, making it ideal for recording demos late at night in the Garage. Sadly, while on tour in '96 (by this time as a back up amp), the Boogie suffered a near fatal blow from an unknown source during shipping. At some point during the tour, the amp was fired up to check it, and it sounded terrible. It was supposed to have been taken in for repairs, but apparently was lost somewhere, either at weezers storage facility in LA or later, when Rivers was living in Boston. No one seems to remember where they saw it last, and it is gone. Several fans have written in with info on this amp, but most identify it from the reissues. I have checked the reissues but none are exactly the same. However, several people wrote in with the explanation that this was the 60 watt version of the Mark 1 head. The reason that the amp had no name on it is that it was not named until mesa boogie issued their next amp, the mark 2. A reissue version of the Mark 1 is available right now from Mesa Boogie in a 100 watt head or combo form with a switch to reduce the power to 60 watts, and it is that edition that some people were confusing the "vintage" amp with. Patrick Wilson today owns a Mark 1 reissue in fact, and can confirm that the old one had some pull out knobs that produced amazing sounds that the current reissues do not produce. Its entirely possible that the pull out knobs were a custom job.

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:45 pm

ha, thats funny. Yip its the same as mine.

I have spoken to several mesa experts on the net and they inform me that it is a very rare 60 watt model. Custom order.

Mesa boogie told me that the Power selection switch is very rare as the only did that on a few early models as a trail.

Thanks

Post by Bg » Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:46 pm

TMG 03 wrote:The Dynamic filter Pedal is a fine piece of subtle phrasing that is missing form today rock landscape.

Never mind the amp, I can't believe I missed this chestnut